“Just because he's a good leader doesn't mean he's a good person.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“In order to succeed he must remain true to the feeling that had inspired him in the first place. It didn’t matter that other people would do it in a different way; in fact, this was inevitable. …. He had a different map, one made up of all the people and places he had passed.”
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
“Nan always said that as long as there is life, there is hope.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“The field of battle is my temple. The swordpoint is my priest. The dance of death is my prayer. The killing blow is my release.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.”
― A Torch Against the Night
― A Torch Against the Night
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